In Interest of C. and K

HARRIS, Justice.

This child termination case was brought pursuant to section 232.116(5), The Code 1981. As often happens, the interests of the childrens’ mother, herself a child victim of poverty and neglect, are pitted against the needs of her two children. The trial court held that the State failed in its burden to show by clear and convincing evidence that the children could not be returned to their mother’s custody. § 232.-116(5)(c), The Code. On our de novo review we conclude the State carried its burden. We think irreparable harm would certainly befall the children if they were entrusted…